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Rainbow Unicorn Suncatcher to Make with Kids
Make stained glass unicorn suncatchers with kids! This craft comes with two free printable templates and makes for a quick and easy way to decorate windows. Rainbow unicorns are colourful and beautiful. Even if your children aren't obsessed with the magical beasts...
End of School Year: Printable Journal of Questions for Kids
Another school year is coming to an end. Encourage kids to answer the questions in this free printable end-of-school journal to capture the year's memories forever! When school comes to an end, it's a perfect time to create a little time capsule filled with children's...
Woodburning a Cutting Board with Kids’ Handprints
Use the woodburning technique with kids to make a keepsake cutting board. This board would be a perfect gift for moms and grandmas, as it captures both the child's handprints and handwriting! If you like trying new crafts, woodburning is another interesting technique...
Bird Pairs: Printable Memory Match Game for Kids
Play this printable bird identification game by matching male and female birds and making bird pairs! This game would be a great gift for bird enthusiasts of all ages, introducing children to the concept of bird spotting and identification. After playing this bird...
Printable Board Game for Kids to Learn about Emotions
EMOTIONS is a fun printable board game for kids and adults to play together! Players will be challenged to act, discuss and imagine, while learning all about emotions and each other. Now that my kids are of the board game playing age, and we have begun our collection...
Emotion Paper Dolls for Teaching Kids about Emotions: Boy Edition
Make a printable dress-up paper doll that will teach children about emotions and the way they're expressed through body language. Instead of costumes, this paper doll changes faces. This version features a boy doll, specially designed for boys, who would look for a...
Recycling Bingo Printable Game for Kids
Practice separating recyclable items from trash by following the bingo cards of this printable Recycling Bingo Game! A fun Earth Day activity for kids that will introduce them to the basic ideas of recycling. Recycling is an important subject these days. Recycling...
Make Emoji Craft: Needle Felting for Kids
If you want to try a new craft with older kids and tweens, consider needle felting! Using pompoms, wool and felting needles, they will create a cute woollen emoji craft that can later be used for decorating backpacks. While the popularity of emojis with kids remains...
How to Start Needle Felting: Tools & Techniques
If you like acquiring new crafts or always wanted to try needle felting in particular, this is a tutorial to get you started. Included are my recommendations for basic needle felting tools and a few simple needle felting techniques to try! Even though I like trying...
Lego Duplo Animals and Alphabet
Build Lego Duplo animals while learning the alphabet! Included are 26 free printable cards with animal and letter designs. My son was not among the natural early readers. He never worried about mastering his letters, as long as there were things to tinker with and his...
Aesop’s Fables Shadow Puppets: Hare and Tortoise, Fox and Crow + Fox and Crane
Based on Aesop's fables, these printable shadow puppets will let your kids make their version of three fables (Hare and Tortoise, Fox and Crow, and Fox and Crane) and stage a shadow play at home or in the classroom! Aesop's Fables is a fascinating topic to...
Make a Simple Puppet Theatre from Cardboard
Print our puppet theatre pattern, then make a simple puppet theatre from cardboard at home! Kids will love colouring and customizing it before giving a performance with their favourite puppets. I think that once in a while we all want to try ourselves at a new...
Fairy Lanterns from Mason Jars
Turn mason jars into a set of fairy lanterns with frolicking silhouettes of enchanted creatures! Update! You can watch a video of me making lanterns here. The post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Two years ago, I made a set of Halloween and...
Robot Math: Printable Game of Art & Geometric Shapes for Kids
Robot Math is a printable game that challenges children to draw while working on simple geometry – shape drawing and recognition. Roll a die and see what kind of robot you will draw. My son loves to draw, but math isn't currently his strong suit. In order for him to...
Monster Math: Printable Game of Art and Numbers for Kids
Monster Math is a printable game that challenges children to draw while working on simple math - counting, number writing and recognition. Roll a die and see what kind of monster you will draw. My son loves to draw. He also enjoys building, crafting and even writing....
Frog Life Cycle Pom Pom Craft for Nature Studies
Illustrate the frog life cycle with pom poms and pipe cleaners by making pom pom frogs, tadpoles and eggs! At first, a pom pom frog was just a simple craft to do with kids, but we were quite impressed with the potential of pipe cleaner articulation and ended up...
Board Games for Preschools
Board games for preschools make learning a part of everyday life! Do you wonder which are the best board games for preschoolers that adults would also like? Here is the list of our favourite games to play as a family with three- and four-year-olds. In our life before...
How to Make a Windmill Model with a Printable Pattern
Make a windmill model at home and hold an engineering study with children! With a printable template, building your own toy windmill is a quick and easy STEM activity. Windmills are fascinating machines, both aesthetically and technologically. For centuries, they...
Flags of the World Bingo: Printable Game for Kids
Flag Bingo is a printable educational game that challenges children to learn and identify the flags of the world. Featuring the flags of 120 countries and with several ways to play, Flag Bingo is a fun supplement to teaching geography in preschool, kindergarten and...
Stained Glass Heart Suncatcher
Make a stained glass heart suncatcher with kids! It's surprisingly easy, with nothing but black glue, sharpie markers and some recyclables. My kids and I really enjoy the process of making suncatchers with black glue. First of all, they really are easy and cheap to...
Romantic Evening Mason Jar Lanterns
Upcycle mason jars and turn them into a set of lanterns with romantic printable silhouettes set against the background of a purple sky at twilight. Perfect for atmospheric decor, for a date-at-home, Valentine's Day, or a wedding! Three years ago, I made sets of...
Three Billy Goats Gruff: Shadow Puppet Play with Printables
Based on the Norwegian fairy-tale, these printable shadow puppets will let your kids make their version of Three Billy Goats Gruff and stage a shadow play at home or in the classroom! Those old fairy-tales with their linear plots are really the best when it comes to...
DIY How to Make Tree House Blocks
These handmade tree house blocks open new opportunities for block play, allowing children to create natural-looking constructions and multi-levelled tree houses for fairies and forest creatures to settle in. My son loves building, so our collection of building toys...
Painting Watercolour Hearts with Kids
Use resist to make personalized watercolour hearts for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day. The craft is surprisingly easy and fun for kids! The interesting thing about watercolours is sometimes you can patiently work with them for hours, and the picture will seem...
How to Make a Paper Jack in the Box for Valentine’s Day
This Valentine's Day, make a paper Jack in the Box with a throbbing heart inside to give as a gift to someone special! A jack-in-the-box toy is a quick engineering craft you can make with kids. As long as you have some paper to print the templates on and glue to put...
Snowy Town: Easy Watercolour Painting Project
Learn how to paint a snowy town with watercolours in a simple and fun way that appeals to children. This technique introduces masking tape as a useful tool in watercolour painting. Learning a new painting technique is fun for kids, and it's even better when the...
About Me: Free Printable Q&A Journal of Writing Prompts for Kids
This free printable journal for kids is filled with creative questions and writing prompts that will inspire even the most reluctant of writers to create their own book about what they know best. A book about themselves. People change. It’s especially noticeable with...
DIY How to Make Peg Doll Fairies
Fairies are delicate creatures, right? Not this time. Our peg doll fairies are made from hardwood so that they can withstand rough toddler's play! We like wooden toys. When our kids were in their toy-gnawing stage, wood seemed a better bet than painted or plastic...
Best of the Year: Free Printable Journal for Kids to Fill on New Year’s Eve
On New Year's Eve, make this Best of the Year free printable journal together with kids! Filled with writing and drawing prompts, it captures their best memories of the past year and prompts them to make resolutions for the year to come. The end of each year is...
Snowflake Paper Fairies with a Printable Template
If you enjoy cutting snowflakes out of paper, make a snowflake fairy with our free printable template! The kids will enjoy designing a variety of paper snowflake for their skirts, and it can be used as a Christmas tree ornament. Do you remember cutting paper...